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All fire starters stand on 2 legs
For there final evolution all fire starts stand on 2 legs, sorry everyone who thinks litten will look like a bad ass arcanine hes going to look more pyroarish.
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Yeah i don't think that is proof that it will be a biepedal. Nothing is confirmed till proof. They are breaking traditions left and right. So at the moment, that is a very small possibility. If it isn't a fighting type, I don't see a point of it standing on 2 legs.
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Preach it soul sister. I've seen everyone complain about this way back when Braixen was revealed. I'm like, do you even play Pokemon because literally every first evoltion, par Cyndaquil, does this.
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Just thought of how they will fuck him up. You see that awesome mustache that makes no sense on him you all love so much. You all also read how his fur is oil right? And if we are to believe the leak he will either be pure fire or fire/ground, but whats the oil fur for then? Well its a tuxedo, congrats you now have a cat man wearing a tux and one epic mustache for the final evolution.
OMG and there is more pokemon fusion was thought to maybe be the new thing and maybe this pokemon fusion fuses pokemon with pokemon instead of trainers so rowlett will bring the tie, litten will bring the suite, and popplio will bring the sweet collar. |
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Still, it needn't mean that much as yet, unless they explicitly opt to cleave to this tradition. A cat standing up would be a bit of a weird case, but they might well be able to do something similar even to a snake Fire starter, in spite of the wrath of God and commandments of Moses, so it's still uncertain as yet. Standing symbolism with predatory cats does have some precedent in pottery, etc., if they wish to go with that kind of thing for Litten. Not doing so might seem more of an obvious route, though, but if it looked like Typhlosion they could always establish some kind of rivalry between the fire mouse and fire cat... |
Technically speaking, Typhlosion is a 4 legged starter. Most art just shows him standing up. Delphox was a wizard/mage, it would have been odd for it to have been on all 4s. Trends are being broken like mad. Nothing can be predicted right now. And just an fyi, half the starters have started as bipedals.
Typhlosion is both, so it can be argued that it doesn't count. Tepig, Fennekin, and Litten are the only ones that have been 4 legged. 1 was fighting and 1 was a wizard/page inspired. So unless litten is based on something that wouldn't make since to not stand, it will be 4 legged. And as far as I can tell, it will be based off a Tiger, and if that is the case, it is probably both like Typhlosion. |
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That's more a comment about the games in general and not the starters specifically though. |
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Remember that we're talking about the same franchise that gave us three Fire/Fighting starters in a row. And, took until Gen 6 to produce a Grass starter that wasn't a reptile. And, took until the most recent gen to produce another starter base form that was dual type.
Sadly, I've come not to expect a ton of originality from GF with the starters anymore. |
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The Fire starter evolutions being bipeds are mainly a coincidence, but with some designs it makes sense. It's interesting seeing Game Freak breaking the mold with the Grass starters lately, considering Chespin broke the reptilian streak and Rowlet is our first dual-type base starter other than Bulbasaur. Fire still has the supposed Chinese Zodiac trend (Litten appears to be representing the tiger) and Water still has the amphibious creatures trend. |
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I hope Litten's final evolution will be bipedal... It's just a tradition that should never be broken...
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It's very easy for traditions to turn into formulas and become tiresome. Again, for almost 15 years, it was a "tradition" for the Fire starter to always be part-Fighting, and we all know how the fandom felt about that. Heck, we still haven't broken the "tradition" of always having a Fighting type starter, in general, with Gens 3-5 having Fire/Fighting and Gen 6 having Grass/Fighting. From what I've heard about Popplio, Gen 7 will likely continue the streak of Fighting starters. |
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I get that some secondary types would be too powerful for starters (like Dragon), but that doesn't mean that they have to constantly reuse the same ones again and again. |
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I agree completely. I can understand them wanting to have starters with secondary typings, bur for cryin' out loud, either keep them pure, or use type combinations that have yet to be used
As for all Fire started ending up bipedal, I think that's debatable. Typhlosion is capable of being on either 2 legs or 4. Each starter set seems to have a theme, although the Grass starter tradition is already broken. But here's my personal opinion on the themes, and my reasoning behind them: Grass - Always based on a reptile Fire - Final form always has exposed flame Water - Capable of being on land and in water The Grass tradition is already broken, as Chespin is not based on a reptile. He is much more like an armadillo While most of the Fire starters are based on the Chinese zodiac, not all of them count. Cyndaquil is much more echidna oriented in my opinion. And though that is a rodent, it is not a rat. And Fennekin is clearly a fox, not a dog. But regardless of appearance, all the final Fire forms have an exposed flame - IE - Charizard/Infernape - tail flames, Typhlosion/Blaziken - able to control when their flames are exposed, Emboar has the firey beard, and Delphox has her fiery twig/magic wand Water starters have a bit of a limit, as their theme is capability of being on land and in water. So, as much as we all want a dolphin-based Pokémon, it will never be as a starter, because it is water-bound So........ turtle, crocodile/alligator, mudskipper, penguin, otter, frog, and now a sea lion. All water-oriented animals capable of being on land as well |
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Ah, you're right about that one. Also, Gen IV gave us a second part ground final evolution starter after Swampert in the previous Gen. Now we might complete the Ground trio if rumor on Litten being Fire/Ground prove accurate. Types most commonly paired with the starters are none (pure), Fighting, Ground, and thanks to Rowlet Flying. Dragon also counts if you include the starter Megas. Types we have yet to see in more than one so far are Poison (I) Steel (IV) Psychic (VI) Dark (VI) |
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Of course, I get the impression that GF increasingly wants people to abandon their starters after a certain point in the game just like an early game rodent or cocoon bug. This was especially the case in Gen 5, where the starters had mediocre stats and movepools (and two were mediocre monotypes) and were outclassed by tons of things found later in the games. Even in XY, they literally hand you a Kanto starter (and Mega Stone) early on, as if they're just begging you to eventually ditch your Kalos starter. |
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I just remembered this, I'm not sure if it's because of the internet not being as big back in the day, but no one seems to have complained about having Four Water mascots four generations in a row, the first three of those four having the blend typing of pure water. That right there is as bad as the part Fighting starters. |
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Now, RSE's (and later, XY's) blatant reuse of Gen 1's color scheme, on the other hand... |
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Oh well, at least people complained about all the Dragon mascots we got starting with Emerald and finally up to White 2. Hmm, maybe GF didn't want another Dragon mascot either :P |
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Also, can we stop it with the mascot legendary trios, especially if third versions and sequels are getting retired? GF is going to have to break formulas if they want the franchise to survive. |
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